Draft Focus: Sean Manaea

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Position: LHP
Height: 6-5
Weight: 235
Bats/Throws: R-L
Birthdate: Feb. 1, 1992
College: Indiana State
Hometown: Wanatah, Ind.
Previously Drafted: Never Drafted
Projected Draft Round: 1
The
Cape Cod League has long been known as a proving ground for draft
prospects, a place that can often set the tone for how scouts will
view a player heading into the next spring. In Sean Manaea’s case,
the Cape and his performance there has lined him up as the favorite
to be the No. 1 overall pick in the June draft. Scouts had an idea
about Manaea’s power arm entering the summer, but almost no one
could have predicted just how high he was able to vault his stock in
a matter of a couple months.

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